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Optimo Viro et Clarissimo Civi Joanni Rodolpho Perronet,
Optimo Viro et Clarissimo Civi Joanni Rodolpho Perronet, Regiæ Scientiarum Academiæ Parisiensis Sodali, et à Viis, Pontibus et Ædificiis Publicis Galliæ consiciendis Architecturæ-Præfecto, offerebant et consecravère Institutori, Amico, Patri, testes Virtutum addisui et Benefactorum memores Alumni. Anno MDCCLXXXII.
C.N. Cochin filius del. August De St. Aubin Sculp.
[1782.]
Engraving. Plate: 475 x 320mm (18¾ x 12½''), with large margins. Creasing and tears in margins.
A portrait, set in an oval of civil engineer and architect Jean Rodolphe Perronet (1708-1794). He was made the first director of the future Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées in 1747, ennobled and appointed Knight of the Order of the Saint-Esprit in 1763. He is perhaps best known for the bridges he built, especially the Louis XVI bridge (future Concorde bridge) finished in 1791.
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Edouard Young.
Edouard Young. Curé de Wellwin dans Hersfordshire. Né en 1684. Mort en 1765.
Allegorié par G. de St. Aubin. Gravé par Aug. de S.t Aubin.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. Sheet: 155 x 85mm (6 x 3½''). Trimmed.
The frontispiece to a French edition of English poet, Edward Young's poems 'Night Thoughts' published in 1769.
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